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WildBill wrote:dustyb - I like your signature!

Thanks WildBill, I liked it too. I have heard there are some discrepancies, as to whether or not Ben Franklin actually said it , but it is a good quote whoever came up with it.

I suspect your LEO was mistaken. Unfortunately, you have now been given "verbal notice".

Dh & I are originally from that area. Parts of Pt. Arthur are like a third-world country. I would feel more secure in most areas of Houston than in Port Arthur.

dustyb wrote:I have never been to a Mardi Gras, but I would have a hard time enjoying the festivities if things are as bad as everyone says. I'm not willing to risk my safety for a Kevin Fowler concert.

I believe Kevin Fowler will be at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The Reliant should be significantly safer than Port Arthur.

LarryH wrote:

dustyb wrote:I have never been to a Mardi Gras, but I would have a hard time enjoying the festivities if things are as bad as everyone says. I'm not willing to risk my safety for a Kevin Fowler concert.

I believe Kevin Fowler will be at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The Reliant should be significantly safer than Port Arthur.

But, unfortunately, the Rodeo is a professional sporting event. It might be safer at Reliant Park than Port Arthur (I've never been to Port Arthur, so I have no basis for comparison), but you can't carry at the Rodeo/Concert.

If it comes to that, you can carry as far as the parking lot, and leave your weapon in your car. If you use the Park-n-Ride, you'd be unarmed from the P-n-R lot, on the bus, etc.

There are numerous LEO's, on duty, in uniform, at the Rodeo. Of course, it takes a lot of LEO's to cover the potential of 60,000 fans at the Rodeo.

Disclaimer: since my wife has bursitis in both hips, and doesn't walk very well/very fast, we don't go to the Rodeo any more, but our twenty-something grand-daughter still makes the pilgrimage at least once each year (twice this year).

Happy Lent.

AEA wrote:The State Fair of Texas tried the same thing and publicized it one day before opening in 2007. It did not get very far.

AEA, what was the outcome in that case?

aardwolf wrote:Happy Lent.

I gave up any thought of buying a Glock.

Anygunanywhere

NOLA gets around this issue with a state law that prohibits chl carry to/at any parade for which a permit has been issued. The LEO may have been aware of LA's law & extrapolated it into Texan.

Interestingly also, in LA it is illegal to chl carry into any private residence without 1st receiving permission from the homeowner.